President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed how an armoured vehicle gifted to him by former Kano Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, helped him survive a deadly attack in Kaduna State.
In a documentary, titled: Essential Muhammadu Buhari, aired on Sunday, the president described an incident that almost took his life during the 2014 electioneering before winning the election in 2015.
President Buhari had narrowly escaped fatal bomb blasts that killed dozens in the Kawo area of Kaduna, using the armoured vehicle gifted to him by Kwankwaso, who was then a former Defence Minister and currently the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, (NNPP).
Over 80 civilians were reported to have died in the twin bomb blasts that Buhari, then a presidential aspirant of the All Progressive Congress (APC), survived on 23 July, 2014.
Before the bomb blasts, Buhari recalled, he had been admonished by Kwankwaso that those who did not want him to get the power might make him a subject of brutal attacks. The president insinuated that he could have lost his life by now if he had not listened to Kwankwaso.
In a statement after the incident, Buhari declared that it was an assassination attempt and narrated how the suicide bomber tried to carry out the deadly assignment.
Recall that Buhari contested and lost three presidential elections before finally becoming Nigerias president in 2015, following his victory in that years poll.
In the 50-minute documentary about the life of the ruling president, his nephew, Mamman Daura, claimed that Buhari was pressured to lead the Nigerian government but that he resisted many times before he finally succumbed in 2002.
The president is expected to hand over power to his successor after the forthcoming general elections. He had pledged his support for the presidential candidate of his party, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
